Publications by authors named "Michie Nomura"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to identify health issues among residents needing assistance six weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake using outreach initiatives.
- Public health nurses conducted interviews with over 5,000 residents, focusing on demographic and health data to assess urgent needs.
- Findings showed that 281 residents required assistance, with major health concerns including interruptions in treatment and a significant need for mental health care.
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the link between tsunami damage and mortality by analyzing demographic data from a town affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.
- Researchers collected data by visiting all households, including shelters, to track the status of residents and confirm the number of missing and deceased individuals about 50 days post-disaster.
- Findings revealed that a significant portion of the deceased (60.2%) were aged 65 and over, indicating the need for better protection for the elderly during tsunamis, while lower child mortality rates suggested that evacuation drills may have been effective.
Background: The increase in the number of people suffering from dementia is of increasing global concern. A survey on the living conditions of the elderly in a Japanese rural community revealed a high prevalence of early dementia and the necessity for interventions not only for the elderly with early dementia but also for their families.
Objective: To describe the implementation and process evaluation of a programme based on cognitive rehabilitation aimed at empowering the elderly with early dementia and education and counselling programmes aimed at likewise empowering their family caregivers.
Background: Delusions constitute one of the most prominent psychiatric complications in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, there is little consensus of the prevalence and associated factors for delusions in AD.
Aims: To reveal the characteristics of delusions among Japanese patients with AD.